Via Mala is a 1985 television series, based on the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Austria. The novel had previously been made into two films Via Mala (1945) and Via Mala (1961).Goble p.264
Synopsis Jonas Lauretz the owner of a sawmill in a village in Switzerland is a tyrannical person disliked by all his family and neighbours. When he is killed, almost everyone is suspected of murdering him before prime suspicion falls on his daughter.
Partial cast
Mario Adorf as Jonas Lauretz Maruschka Detmers as Silvie Lauretz Milena Vukotic as Sophie Lauretz Dominique Pinon as Niklaus Lauretz Hans Christian Blech as Maler Lauters Juraj Kukura as Andreas von Richenau Sissy Höfferer as Hanna Lauretz Fritz Eckhardt as Kreispräsident Bonatsch Jean-Paul Comart as Georg Gumpers Beppe Chierici as Jöry Wagner Jutta Maria Luser as Klara Ingrid Burkhard as Frau Gumpers Sylvie Granotier as Luise Eva Zilcher as Baronin von Richenau Georg Marischka as Dr. Gutknecht Robert Dietl as Baron von Richenau Bruno Dallansky as Schmid Siegfried Meisner as Wohl Hanno Pöschl as Wirt Bert Fortell as Lehmann Balthasar Burkhard as Zirreder
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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